The Freedom in The West = Women’s Rights
PART 2: Last week the Turkish-German lawyer Seyran Ates, who has a new book out, sought shelter in New York at the home of the feminist author and psychologist Phyllis Chelser. Ates has been the target of death threats and has been shot in the line of duty while working for the rights of Turkish immigrant women. In conversation, Chesler and Ates agree that Western freedom willl stand or fall on the question of women's rights. Ates cites a German study which shows that 30 percent of Turkish university students support honor killings of women and that 60 percent believe that a woman should not be allowed to leave her home without a man's permission and a male chaperone.